Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-21
LORDSBURG.
The Now Junction Town In the
Eoothills-A Magnificent site.
Two Railroads and Album.
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The Now Junction TOWN In ths
FoothiIls-A Magnificent site
Two Railroads and Abun-
ance of water.
Mr.. l. w. Lord, the protector OF the
new town of Lordsburg, was in he city
yesterday pcrfecting arrangements fol-
the coming sale Of lots in this splendid
ly l,cated site. The pressure has been
very great on Mr.. Lord to sell lots be-
fore the whole plot is put up at auction.
but he has invariably refused to do SO.
The property will not be placed upon
the market until the Los Angeles and
San Bsrnarduo railroad runs through
it, which will be in few days, when II
grand excursion will be arranged from
this city. The townsite Of Lords burg is
about mile square, comprising some
thing over 600 acres, and it lies about
three miles from Pomona, west of north.
1t forms a part of u large plateau, rising
gently toward the mountains, from
which it is distaut only few miles,
The mountain view is charming, with
snow-capped Old Baldy in the distance
and the snowpeaks of the Cucamonga
range peeling down upon the lovely
country, of which Lordsburg is the cen
tire. On the southeast corner lies fruit
farm of ll6 acres, the individual prof..
erty Of l. w. Lord. There is also
modern looking schoolhonse, built some
time ago at a cost of $4,000. There is
also, about the center Of the tract, the
old Co.. Heath homestead, with its cot.
tags house and rambling barns and
sheds surrounded by trees.
A gentleman who has just visited
Lorlsburg, says that Sin driving through |
Mr.. Lords fruit farm our eyes were
gladdened with sight of as handsome,
clean and vigorous lot of trees as We had |
seen in twelvemonth. They are of all |
sorts orange, lemon, apricot. fig, wal
nut, prune, pear, peach, plum and SO
forth, to the end of the nurseryinan's |
catalogue. Two apricot trees were |
pointed ou! which bore last year, to- |
gether, 720 pounds of fruit, or 800 |
pounds apiece. A remarkable cir.
cumstan.e in the developement
of this place is that the land
has never been irrigated. A well which
furnishes the domestic supply of water
shows that there is perpetual flow
thirty feet below the surface. Enough
of this is attr lcted toward the surface
by capillary attraction to furnish all the
moisture required for tree and vine
growth. The same general conditions
apply to the entire tract, water being
found at varying dep hs of eight to
thirty five feet. Considering ths fact
that this is essentially foothill coun.
try, lying from 200 to 400 feet above
the adjacent valley, these conditions are
almost without a parallel in Southern
California. A short distance below the
townsite, where the water bearing sub.
stratum tends to the surface, there is
without irrigation, and where artesian
water is procured at a short depth.
As to the soil OF this section, TOO much
cannot be said in it's praise. 1t is
alluvial, loose and warm, and exactly
adapted to tree and shrub growth. Its
depth is anywhere from eight to thirty
five feet, extending to the water.tearing
stratum of gravel beneath. Portions of
thi, laad-known to the old timers as
the Palomares ranch-have been CROP
ped in grain continuously for seventy
years, and have never failed to produce
a crop, the average yield being from
forty TO forty-fve bushels of wheat to :
the acre. In this year of short rains
volunteer barley stands fully four feet
high. In the yield of fruit it is equally
prolific. b,bly oranges and lemons
IN bearing would do better with surface
irrigation, but other fruits do not re-
luire it. Lordsburg is to have regular
system of water. works, with pipes laid
n all the main streets, so that the forth
coming settler may irrigate or no, as he
sees fis."
The track Of the San Bernardino and
Los Angeles Railroad has been laid en-.
tirely through the townsite of Lords.
burg, from the east, the end being now
about four miles west of the place, and
pushing rapidly forward. 1t is expected
that Junction will be made with the
line pushing eastward in about two
weeks. Allowing, then, ten days or q
little more to ballast the track and put
on the rolling stock, and the early part
Of May will witness the through line in
operation. Then there will be the big.
gest excursion ever seen in Southern
California, and it will go to Lordsburg.
Pasadena has already spoken for fifteen
cars, and will fill them.